21 Mar
2020
21 Mar
'20
4:51 a.m.
On Fri, 20 Mar 2020, Grant Taylor via COFF wrote:
What I think I'm hearing you say is that with RPN
you were shouldering
part of the computational load based on how you were entering things so
that they aligned as necessary with the stack. Conversely, you were
simply "plug and chug" (as I've heard elsewhere). Meaning you entered
the equation / formula and were largely hands off from the calculation.
Is that accurate?
You may need parentheses, which not all algebraic calculators have (and
the ones that do have limited nesting).
Ironic really; either you have to do what RPN users do i.e. work "inside
out" if you have a small stack or the calculator has to implement one :-)
-- Dave